Read the writing on the wall

Governor Brown’s proposed budget

hurts children, families, and communities

Doors are

closing

Early Care and

Education businesses

have already closed

Without child care, families cannot go to

work or school

62,000 children will

lose child care

Early Care & Education (ECE) is

the key tokeeping doors open

ECE transforms

lives“High-quality [ECE] helps prepare young children to succeed in school and become better citizens; they earn more, pay more taxes, and commit fewer crimes.”

Leslie J. Calman

Legal Momentum and Director, Family Initiative

Quality ECE teachers produce

quality results“Early childhood interventions of high quality have lasting effects on learning and motivation.”

James Heckman,

PhDNobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

ECE puts money in the

economyEconomists estimate that every dollar spent on ECE can save taxpayers up to ten times as much in future costs.

California works when

Early Care & Education works

“Quality early education is as essential for a productive 21st century workforce as roads or the internet; investing in it grows the economy.”Leslie J.

CalmanLegal Momentum and Director, Family

Initiative

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California’s future.

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